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. CAPT. LELAND FERGUSON
APTAIN FERGUSON
WARDED BRONZE STAR
WITH THE FIGHTING 69TH
NFANTRY DIVISION, Germa
,y— Captain Leland Ferguson,
ivision Ammunition Officer of
he Fighting 69th Infantry Divis
on has been awarded the Bronze
Btar for meritorious service
pgainst the enemy, in England,
rance, Belgium and Germany
dir ing the period from 13 De
ember 1944 to 27 April 1945.
The award was made on the 15
la# 1945, the second anniversa
by of the Fighting 69th, at a cer
mony held in Germany. Cap
ain Ferguson has been with the
jivision since activation, 15 May
943 at Camp® Shelby, Miss. Fe
2 made available every ‘round
pi training and combat ammu-“
ition fired by the Righting 69th.
The Fighting 69th éracked the!
Beigfried line, captured. more
han one thousand towns insid2
f Germany, including the his
oric 15th century fortress of
hrenbreitstein and the great city
bi leipziz. It was the 69th Divis
on who formed the histocic linku‘
g of the Bast . and West DY |
eeting the Russians at Eloe|
iver. I
(aptain Ferguson is the -neph
w of Mr.and Mrs. Dick Fergu
on of Athens. He, _graduated
om the University in” 1940 and
wag among the first ¥roup of s¢-
ectees to leave Clarke county in
H4l, ‘
His parents, Mr. and Mrs, C,
. Ferguson, live in Bowersville,
ra. '
ONROE SOLDIER
BACK IN STATES 1
MIAMI, #la. — It looked like
Georgia Day” here at ATC's‘
Miami Army Air Field, the: way |
jeterans from that state carae
pouring out” of the C-47 ° Sky
rains that flew them here from
Wverseas stations in the four cor
hers of the eavth. |
These. lucky Georgia vets are
parts of the 50,000 a month be
ng flown back from overseas hy
he ATC under the Army’s hith
b-to secret “Green Project.”
lTost of th 50,000 monthly land
Where at ATC’s Miami Army Air
ield, now become the world's
breatest and busiest air terminal,
@where every 45 minues of a 2i-|
hou* day a huge air transport
W rives with its load of Gls from
urope, Asia or South America.
The Georgia vets are sent from
e'e to. Camp - Blanding, Fla,,
rom which they are routed to
eparation centers nearest their;
spective homes, ang then given‘
urloughs home, after which
hey return for reassignment or’
Welease from the service.
Among the recent arrivals are
he following: Master Sgt. john
. Sullivan, 25, son of Mrs. John'
. Sullivan of 407 Broad St., Au
pusta, back with ~seven battle
tars and g bronze arrowhcad
for the Salerno beachhead inva
ion) afte: 34 months overseas;
-Sgt. James Mathews, 23, son
bf Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Mathews
pf 333 Highland Ave., Monroe,
6 months overseas with AAF,
earing seven battle stars.
cCANNON BROTHERS "
ISIT HOME
James McCannon, home frony
he Pacific and his brother, Her
hel,‘w.hq has completed his ba
bic training at Camp Robinson,
Ark., are enfoying a visit togeth
'l‘n m Pulaski St., with -thei’: par-
S.
James reports to San Diago for
cassignment July Isf. He enter-’
¢ the Navy Dee. 1941, has becn
°/ months combat service and
Vas instructor in San Diago for
P months. : ’
_Hershel reports to Monterey,
1?11|f" for overseas duty, July
MIADISONIAN TRAINS
AT GREAT LAKES
Willarq Fouche, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Grady Fouche, who reside jn
Madison county. near Sanford, is
N Gleat Lakes, Illinois taking
1S boot training.
He enlisted in the Naval Re-
Serve April 5, and reported to
futy May 15, 1945. v
Before entering the Navy he
‘as president of the Young Peo-
Ples Epworth League at the Go'-
on Chapel Methodist church.
fter completing the boot train
ng, he will receive a special
ourse in some fild on the naval
ervice.
ATHENS BANNER-HERALD
AFTER PACIFIC DY fs,
ATHENIAN RETU” { ;
‘Ch. Warrant @ &.st Louis
Bryant, U. S. N"‘U\‘z’fi Mr. and
Mrs. J. B. Bora@ ® Athens, has
recently reti, ¢ .ter 18 months
in the Pp -fe ad is spending
his leav/ &% Mr. Bryant has
three othe ot others and a broth
er-in-law in the Navy, Joe B.
Bryant, 8. F. 2-c is in the Phil
ippines, A. M. Bryant (Gus) S.
C. 2-c is at Newport, R. I, S. L.
Bryant (“Cooter”) A, M. M. 2-¢,
is at Santa Rosa, California, and
R. B. Daniels {(Bobbie) C. M. M
is in the Aleutian Islands.
ATHENS’ KITTLE
IN SAN FRANCISCO
TREASURE ISLAND, San
Francise, Calif. — Richard iI.
Kittle, Coxswain, USN, 22, son
of Mrs. Lodie Kittle, of 225 Geor
gia Depot Street, Athens, has re
ported in the ‘U. S. Receiving
Ship, Treasure Island, for his
frost “stateside” leave in 3!
months. !
Kittle, who had been in the
Navy nearly four years, was
serving aboard a Navy transport
‘vessel when it participated in
the North Af-ican campaign. H:2
later was assigned to the South
Pacific theater, and there took
part in the campaigns of Guadal
canal, New Georgia, Guam, Lu
zon, and Iwo Jima. He was sta
tioned on the New Georgia Is
lands for eight months.
He wears the American, Eu
ropean, Asiatic and Pacifie - and
Philippines Liberation ribbons,
with a total of six stars. Kittle
took : his receqt training at Nor
folk, Virginta.
COPERTINO GETS | |
BATTLE DECORATIONS |
FIFTH AIR FORCE, SOUTH
WEST PACIFIC — Corporal
Daniel A. Copertino, hasband of |
Mrs. Virginia Copertino of 775
Csbb, St., Athens, Georgia, has
been awardeq the Philippine Lib
eration Ribbon 'and a second
Bronze Star to the Asiatic-Pacti
ic Theater Ribbon for participa
tion, in the Philippines Campaignr.
Cpl. Copertno, who is a mem
ber of the Fifth Air Forces, 435cd
Troop Carrier G-oup, now sta
tioned in the Philippine Islands
has been overseas for six months..
Previously, be was awarded the
Asiatic-Pacific Ribbon with a
Bronze Sta: for the New Guinea
Campaign.
ATHENS SERVICEMAN
AWARDED MEDALS >
WITH THE 6TH ARMORED
DIVISION. SUROPE — SqSst
George K. Holmes, 14012316, Co.
A, 15th Tank BH of 156 Boule
var-d, Athens, Georgia, recemtly
was awarded the Bronze Oak
Leaf Cluster to the Silver Star
Medal for gallantry in action,
He is the husband of Sybit F.
Holmes, 156 Boulevard, Athens.
The citation accompanying the
Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster to the
Silver Star Medal:
Staff Sergeant George K.
Holmes, (Army Serial Number
14012816), Armored, Company
“A”, 15th Tank Battalion, United
States Army. For gallantry in ac
tion in the vicinity of Han-Sur-
Nied, France, on 12 November
1944. He led his platoon first
across the Nied Francaise River
under intense artillery fire.
Clearing the bridge, he drove
bazooka men from-the far side
and neutralized two anti<tank
guns which were covering the
bridge. After deploying his pla
toon, he drove several enemy
crews from their Nebelwefers
and forced the enemy 10 with
@-aw, enabling the remainder of
the company to cross the bridge.
Entered the military service
from North Carolina.
SGT. BULLOCK
AT MAIMI
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. T-Sgt.
Ralph T. Bullock, 34, 295 Hai
wassee Ave., Athens, Ga., has re
tu-ned from service outside the
continenta] United States and i 3
now being processed through ,the
Army Ground and Service Forc
es Rédistribution Station in Mia
mi Beach, where his next 'as
signment will be determined.
Sgt. Bullock servied 56 months
as a platoon sgt. in the S. W.
Pacific theater of operations.
While there he was awarded
the Combat Infantryman Badge,
and Asiatic-Pacific theater rib
bon with three battle stars and
Philippine Liberation campaign
Sgt. Bullock was employed as a
iextile workers for the Southern
Mills, Athens, Ga. He became a
member of the Armeq Forces on
*Aug. 5, 1930.
WALTER STONE
GETS BRONZE STAR
WITH THE 2ND INFANTRY
DIVISION, in Czechoslovakia.——-
S-Sgt. Walter N. Stone, of 269
Hil] Street, Athens, Georgia ra
cently was awarded the Bronze
Star for gallantry in action on 16
January 1945 by th Commanding
General, Major General Walter
M. Robertson.
He is the son of Nellie K
Stone, 296 Hil] Street, Athens.
Description of incident for
which he was awarded the medal
follows: .
On th afternoon of 16 January
1945, Company I, 23“ d Infantry
had the mission of making a
night attack through the thickly
wooded Rohr Busch in the vicini
ty of Ondenval, Belgium to seize
an objective on the far side of
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Full Associated Press Service. Athens, Ga.; Sunday, June 24, 1945
Jap Dead On Okinawa Pass 100,000
U. 3., BRITAIN
MAY SUPPORT
MOSCOW POLES
LONDON, June 23—(AP)—
Moscow and London predicted to
night that the United States and
Britain would abandon the London
Pcles and recognize %ae new “pro
visional Polish government. of na
tional unity” probably within a
matter of days.
Moscow dispatches said that tae
new gomernment formed in Mos
com yesterday soon would leave
for Warsaw, where the exact com
position of the cabinet was expect
!ed to be anounced early next
[week.
| Free Election
The assignment of cabinet posts
and a pledge from the reorganized
government to ‘aold “free and un
fretted” elections appeared the
only questions delaying recogni
tion of the new administration,
formed from representatives of the
Soviet-sponsored Warsaw govern
ment, former members of the ex
iled London governmnt and De
mocratic leaders from within Po
land. 58
Responsible British quarters
said recognition would come as
soon as the government promised
an election. In Moscow, however.
rißtish and American circles said
ithat it migat not come until the
elections were comileted.
Moscow dispatches predicted
that Stanislaw Mikolajczyk, for
m{r Premier of the London gov
ernment would be Vive-Premier
of the new government, with
Prime Minister Edourd Osubka-
Morawki of the Soviet-sponsored
Warsaw government retaining his
post as premier. - ‘
Boleslaw Bierut, president of the
Soviet-Sponsored Warsaw regime“
was expected to become a mem
ber of the presidium that will take‘
the place of the presidency. Word
was awaited from Wincenty Wi
tos, titular head. of the Peasant
party, in answer to an:.in,}l#fltlonz
to join the national council. |
AUnifying Move |
The announcement -of the ac
cord, made by the big three com
mission comprising Soviet Foreign
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Shown above is Joseph Wansker, local manager of the Gulf
Life Insurance Company’s office here, presenting his company'’s
check to R. V. Watterson, chairman of the Sixth District of the
State War Finance Committee and vice president of the Citizens
and Southern National Bank, The check was for that amoumt in
War Bonds. Mr. Wansker made a special trip to the company’s
home office in Jacksonville, Fla., to urge he be allowed to buy
the bonds for the company here in order to help fill the Clarke
county quota. Looking on interestedly is J. S. Wollfe, jr., cashier
of the bank.
MORE PROMINENT MEN TO TALK
AT STUDENT-INDUSTRY MEET
Two . more- prominent meén of
the business world have been
added to the list of speakers for
the Student and Industry Con
ference to be held a tthe Univer
sity of Georgia July 10. 1
Newcomers to the program are
Robert E. Lee Hill of Columbia,
Mo., and Robert E Brumby,
president of the Brumby Chair
Company of Marietta,” according
to arf announcement by Dean R.
P. Brooks of the University of
Georgia’s College of Business Ad
ministration, one of the sponsors
of the conference.
Former Rotary President
Mr. Hill is a former president
of Rotary International and chair
man of the Alumni_ and Public
Relations committees: of the Uni
versity of Missouri. Currently he
is executive secretary of the Mis
souri Bankers Associatign, vice
chairman of the Federal Home
Loan Bank of Des Moines, and
chairmaa of the Missouri War
Finance Committee. - *
As president of Rotary, Mr. Hill
in 1934-35 was sent on a world
tour in the interest of that or
ganization, visiting 80 countries
and personally contacting most of
the world’s 180,000 Retarians. He
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Puget Sound along with Governor Mon C. Wallgren (seated next to President) of Washington
with whom the President is spending a few days. —NEA Telephoto.
Delegates Hail Indications
Qenate Will Pass Charter
AP Poll Shows Majority Ready To Vote;
Important Fact In History Belgian Says
By DOUGLAS B, CORNELL
' .BAN FRANCISCO, June 23.—
(AP) — Delegates at the United
Nations Conference - jubilantly
hailed today indications that a
new world charter easily will
win United States Senate ratifi
cation, and one said this was “one
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former president of Reotary
International, will be one of
the prominent businessmen
who will speak at the Stadent
and Industry, Conference at
the Unlverslt}.
' RSTABLISHED 1833,
of the most important facts in
wotld history. . oA
“ The Senate probably won’t vote
;rbefore fall, - but ‘an .Associated
Press poll in Washington showed
that a majority already is lined
up behind the charter as it now
stands, ~and that probably far
more than the necessary two
thirds of_the members will sup
port ratification. President Tru
man was reported to have count
ed less than 12 potential votes
against ratification.
Applaud Assurance
Representatives of 50 United
Nations who brought the charter
into being applauded this assur
ance that America will take the
lead in approving it, as they
turned out for a conference com
mission session (o clear away
minor details of their task.
The American delegation went
over the document line by line,
the conference steering committee
was asked to give it another
minute examination later in the
day. A full plenary session of the
conference will be held, probably
Monday, to- give this new world
constitution final approval.
The subsequent signing by all
delegations and an address by
President Truman will bring the
conference to a close.
Belgian Chariman . Auguste De
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Arnall To Leave
Monday For
Trip To Michigan
ATLANTA, June 3—(AP)—
Governor Ellis Arnall will leave
Atlanta Monday for a trip of ten
days that wil] take him to the
National . Conference of Govern
ors at Mackinae Island, Michi
gan. ! _
Arnall will deliver the princi
pal address at the Kentucky
Jefferson Day dinner in Louis
ville Tuesday night, June 26.
and will speak to a statewide
political organization in Delroit,
Michigan, Thursday night, June
16. .
From Detroit he will go to the
Mackinac Island conference, at
which he said he hoped to se
cure western aid for Georgia's
freight rate fight in the Wnited
State Supreme court. His sched
ule brings the governor back to
Atlanta on July 6. ;
Clarke County
Lacks SBO,OOO
Of Bond Quota
Clarke County lacks nearly
SBO.OOO of readaing its goal in the
Seventh War Loan Drive which
ends June 30; acording to R. V.
W atterson, chairman of the sixth
district of the war finance com
mittee of Georgia. All bonds pro
cessed by the Federal Reserve
Bank by July 7 will be credited to
the drive quota.
The Sixth District, of which
Watterson is chairman, is leading
the state, but Georgia is trail
ing badly behind her quota. -
OPA TO RETAIN
ITS AUTHORITY
ON FOOD PRICES
WASHINGTON, June 23 -.-
(AP)—The House reversed itsel!
today and voted down a once
approved price control amend
ment which would- have strip
ped the OPA of jurisdiction over
food pricing.
With a roll call vote of 198 to
178 it rejected the proposal
which grew out of former Pres
ident Herbert Hoover's recom
mendation of “an administrative
revolution” in food controls. ch-'
terday Democratic, absentees
made it possible for the Republi
cans to put the amendment into
the price control extension act
by a three-vote margin. It would
have transferred all food con-|
trols except rationing to the sec
retary of ag-iculture. 2
Other Propesals
Still awailing final disposition
was g Republican-backed propo
sal, approved on a teller vare
which. would give the secretavy
of agriculture complete control
over food and clothing by re
quiring his written approval ol
any government order- touching
agricultural products. Democrats
contended it would give the cab
inet officer power to veto actions
of the President. |
Another » tentatively-adopterl,
amendment would give anyone
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“OUR HERO” LT, TED MYERS
RELATES PRISON TALES
Mr. D. D. Malcom,
-
Retired Farmer,
.
Died In Bogart
~D. D. Malcom retireq Bogart
farmer and father of A. Guy
Malcolm of Athens, died late yes
terday aftérnoon at ‘his home In
Bogart.
Funeral services will be heid
at the Bogart Baptist Church of
which Malcom was a devout
member, this afternoon at
o'clock. Rev. C. T. Tidwell, pas
tor of the church, will be the of
ficiating minister. Inteiment wil
be in the Bogart Cemetery. A:-
rangements are under the direc
tion of McDorman-Bridges.
Pall-bearers will be Earl Grii
feth, John Cash, G. W. Malcom,
Hubert Hammond, Will Huff, and
Clifford Kinnon
Su-viving Malcom are his wife,
Mrs. Mattie gheats Malcom, Bo- ‘
gart; three scns C. V. Malcom,
Bogart, and A. Guy Malcom, and!
Jack Malcom, Athens; {wo broth
ers. J. W. Malcom, Bogart, and
S. B. Malcom, Orlando; one
sister, M-s. J. A. Jones, Watk‘ms-‘
ville, Georgia; and six grand
children. Winfred Malcom, |
Greenville, :S. C., Chester Mal
com, South Pacific, Darrell Mal
com, South Pacific, Sgt. Billy|
Malcom, Belem, Brazil, and Mar
tha Nan Malcom and Gloria Jean
Malcom,. Athens. |
A native of Oconee county and
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Austrialians Capture
Seria Ol Fields
BY RAY CRONIN g
Associated Press War Editor
Japanese casualties on Okinawa have passed 105,060 and the enemy
has lost 59 planes there in a new series of air raids, Adm. Chester
W. Nimitz announced today (Sunday). Gen., Dowglas MacArthur
disclosed Australian capture of Borneo’s rich Seria oil fields and. a
smashing thrust down the Cagayan valley of Luzon by American
troops. ¥l e
Iwo-based American Mustangs
destroyed or damaged 69 Japan
ese planes on two fields north of
Tokyo yesterday.
Confronted with these new Al
lied successes in widespread Pa
cific war sectors, Japan's Emperor
Hirohito warned his people the
empire. finds itself in the great
est crisis of its national history.
Admiral Nimitz disclosed that
by Friday night, one day after
organized resistance had ended on
Okinawa, Japanese dead there to
talled 98,564, plus 6,932 prisoners
of war. .
That the death toll alone might
pass 100,000 was intimated in the
announcement that more Japan
ese were being killed in the final
cleanup yesterday.
Japs Try Again
The Japanese, already having
lost more than 4,000 planes in
their futile defense of Okinawa,
tried again Thursday and Friday
with a series of raids, but Am
erican interceptors and anti-air
|craft gunners shot down 59 of
them. Thirty-five of these were
destroyed in one furious three
hour period Friday morning.
Tokyo made the unconfirmed
claim that Japanese suicide fliers
had crashed into 20 American
ships at Okinawa, sinking one
vessel of undetermined classifica
tion. : :
The Aussies on Borneo made a
sensational night advance of 60
miles down the west coast to take
over oil fields capable of produc
ing 700,000 tons of fuel annually.
They were unopposed. .Some of
the Japanese - fired wells still
were burning.
In the Philippines, speeding
“American ground troops punched
northward to within 17 miles of
guerrilla-held Tugeugarao. The
guerrillas were fighting off fanat
ical Japanese counterattacks with
tanks, mortars and field = guns.
Other Yank forces, operating with
guerrillas, were punching south
ward from captured Aparri port
down the valley toward Tuguega
rao. The Japanese garrison in the
Cagayan country, estimated at
120,000, is trapped betwee‘ these
forces.
120 Japs in Hospital
In an abondoned field hospital
south of the valley Yank soldiers
found the bodies of 120 Japanese
soldiers. These wounded N,ippon-‘
ese had been slaughtered with
bayonets or bullets by their re
treating comrades.
With organized Japanese oppo
sition on Okinawa completely
knocked out, American soldiers
and Marines were busy mopping
up on scattered die-hard Nippon
ese in hole positions on the sou
thern end of the island.
More than 4,000 Japanese pris
oners, including many officers,
were in Yank .camps. Most of
them surrendered.
Air raids . On®the Japanese
homeland by American planes
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By VIRGINIA WOODALL
With a light of amused interesi
in his eyes and an audience 01
friends heckling him as “oul
hero,” Lt. Ted Myers stretched
out a pair of long lanky legs ana
began to relate the tale of a year’s
imprisonment in various Nazu
prison camps. ;
His story begins back in May,
1944, before the Allied invasion
of France, when he piloted - his
B-17 Flying Fortress across the
Channel for the 27th time, headea
for a mission to Ludwigshaven
Germany. When he reached his
destination and - began dumping
his load of bombs, the flak was
flying thick and heavy around
him. His“ Yankee pot of luck must
have been empty, for the flak hit
the plane in a vital prat, disab
ling two motors, and it became
apparent to the crew that para
chutes would become their mod
ish- attire for that day.
Reporter Querries Pilot
Wondering just how one felt
under a siege of -anti-aircraft
guns, the inquisitive reporter
questioned the Athens pilot on
that point. Grinning slightly, he
answered that things happened so
fast he didn’t have time to feel
much of anything. “We were los
ing control of the plane — but
fast. 1 knew we'd have to.start
getting out—so we did just that.”‘
His plane exploded three seconds
after he, the last one aboard,
jumped.
And so, the Lieutenant and his
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HOME
SCHOOLS: ARNALL
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ATLANTA, June 3 —(AP)=-
The state has “about reached the
peak” of expenditures so- edu
cation, Gov, Ellis Arnall said to
day 11 asking the Department of
Education to try to ‘“cut expens
es rather than to envision dreams
as to how more meoney canp be
cbtained for /the strained state
treasury.”
In a letter to State Superin
tendent of Schools M. D. Collins,
Arnall said if any further expan
sion of educational erpenditures
were needed it would be neces
sary for 'the board of education
to ‘“take some of the sechool
teachers’ salary money and use
it for that purpose.”
Increased Allotments
“There has neve:r been an ad
ministration in the history cf
‘this state, that has done more for
education than this one,” stated
‘the letter, which Arnall asked
}Collins to read to the next meet
‘ing of the Board of Education.
“We have constantly increased
’the allotments for education un
til. today Georgia is spending a
)]arger percentage of its income
for education than for any other
current expenses. We are now
straining in an effort to squeeze
enough money for another
month’s salary for teachers
which would put the schoso’
teachers of Georgia on a twelve
months, year round salary.
“It is utterly inmipossible for
the administration and the school
officials to ingist on more moncy
for other glhool purposes. Not a
single dime additional taxes have
been levied under this adminis
tration. -On the other hand, we
have reduced taxes.
“We have about reached the
peak of our ability to do for ed
‘ucation under our present tax
structure. If there is a neeq for
‘additional textbooks, vocational
training, school lunches and
other worthy adjunchts of the
education program, it will be
necessary for the state board to
take some of the school teachers’
salary money apd use it for that
purpose.” 5
“Where We Stand”
Arpnall’s letter, saying educa
tion officials and members of.the
boarq “should know where ~we
stand,” said that highway funds
were being used for education
and that when road programs
could be resumed school appro
priations would be cut.
“We can't continue to spend
more money for cducation when
our tax structure has not been
expanded,” Arnall wrote. In his
reference to state tax reductions,
the governor pointed out that
yesterday hé had suspended in
come tax collections on service
pay to members of the armed
(Continued on Page Six)
Truman Preparing
For Forthcoming
te » "
Big Three” Meet
BY ERNEST B. VACCARO
OLYMFIA, Wash. June 23 —.
(AP) — President Truman work
ed today on plans for his forth
coming “Big Three” meeting, de
voting much of his time to a re
view of lest-minute reports frem
all over the world.
Except for his usua] before
oreakfast walk on the capitol
grounds, the President regnaincd
most of the day at his desk in
the executive mansion.
; Exchanged Messages
The Presidert has exchanged
personal messages with Premier
Stalin and Hrime Ministery
Churchill - since arrival heve
Tuesgny as a guest of Governor
Mon C. Wallgren. :
‘ Meanwhile, Mr. Truman Wwas
repo~ted to have counted !less
than 12 potential votes against
the post-war . peace organization
(Continued on ge Five)
ATHENS AND VICINITY
Partly cloudy and continued
warm today.
GEORGIA — Cioudy with.
scattered showers in mnorth
portion, continued warm.
TEMPERATURE i
B ... aveii
| Lowest ........ccc000.... 69
| Mean ......c.ercrsiasans 1
o Normal . 5 i e B 8
| RAINFALL
Inches last 24 hours ...... 00
Total since June 1 ....... 1.70
Average June rainfall ..... 3.98
Total since January 1 .....26.69
Excess since January 1 .... 191